My Favorite Store in Savannah

Paris Market on Broughton Street has always been my absolute favorite store in Savannah, Georgia! Here are some wonderful images of their merchandising to convey my delight... 

The Countdown...

Just a few more days until Christmas! 

Order by Midnight on Monday, Dec 21st with the promo code HOLIDAY and receive 50% off any purchase on ShopSugar.com! 

Now get to it! 

And Happy Christmas! 

OceanCliff, New Wrap Bracelets, and a Major Holiday Bonus

New items added to the website - all at 50% off until December 21st with the promo code HOLIDAY. 

We are also offering the exclusive discount for three special (and frantic!) hours at the OceanCliff Sip-n-Shop on Thursday evening, December 10th! Be there from 5-8 pm, sipping your complementary champagne and nibbling on holiday hours d'oeuvres! Free to friends of OceanCliff and the 16 vendors. 

OceanCliff Holiday Sip-n-Shop, Thursday! Dec. 10th

Come visit us at the semi-annual OceanCliff Sip-n-Shop! Thursday, Dec 10th from 5-8 pm in Newport, RI. 

We will be there will so many new styles - at a massive discount we only offer a few times a year! There are also at least 15 other local vendors, champagne, hors d'oeuvres and holiday fabulousness. 

Where to Buy: Sugar by Heidi Brueggeman

Many items are one of a kind, so you may want to check all of these locations for your favorite pieces! 

Newport, Rhode Island

Down Under Jewelry, Thames Street - carrying gemstone earrings and necklaces, gemstone leather lariats

Monelle and Chace N'Lulu, Bowen's Wharf - boho chic beaded tassel and antler horn necklaces 

Providence, Rhode Island 

Simple Pleasures, Richmond Square - gemstone earrings and necklaces, gemstone leather lariats 

Padanarum, Massachusetts 

Details & Designs - boho chic horn necklaces 

Nantucket, Massachusetts 

Monelle - boho chic beaded tassel and horn necklaces, Mother of Pearl quatrefoil earrings 

Cos Cob, Connecticut 

The Drawing Room - boho chic beaded tassel and horn necklaces, gemstone earrings 

Tassels Galore - Summer 2015

Lots of tassels! 

These pieces are available by contacting Heidi@shopsugar.com. Most styles shown are $140 and one of a kind! 

3...2...1... RELAUNCH of ShopSugar.com

It's true. By late 2015 ShopSugar.com, the ecommerce site for all things Heidi Brüggeman jewelry & more will be back online! Stay tuned and follow me on Instagram at ShopSugar and HeidiBrueggeman. 

For more information contact me at HeidiBrueggeman@gmail.com 

Booking trunk shows now! 

2014

It's been a long while since I've written on this blog. Since last year! 

I suppose I need a bit of a verbal creative outlet. So many things have manifested in the last several months, it's time to share! 

After a slight trip up, the jewelry has taken an official hiatus. I've had a few trunk shows recently, sharing the vintage jewelry the most. I'm going to spend the reflective winter months reworking my designs for my jewelry line. 

The biggest change has been publishing Old Beach Journal! If you happen across this blog, check out OBJ www.oldbeachjournal.com. 

Currently I'm working on the fall/winter issue of the magazine and preparing for our main event in Ohio! There's more to share and a little friend has inspired me to write more... 

Til then, sunflowers: 

Trunk Show Tuesday Night December 3rd in Newport

Heidi Brueggeman Trunk Show

Tuesday, Dec. 3rd

5:00 - 7:30 p.m.

@ North Sails Sales Office, IRYS Bldg, 4th Floor

449 Thames Street, Newport

MAJOR DISCOUNTS...Refreshments! 

Happy Holidays!!!

If you would like to schedule a private appointment please contact me at HeidiBrueggeman@gmail.com

www.HeidiBrueggeman.com





Betwixt by Heidi Brueggeman necklaces awaiting new homes



Vintage Eisenberg jewelry samples remade into necklaces using vintage chain or silk ribbons $70-400



Pyrite necklace on vintage chain, Green Onyx and Turquoise earrings, Long Carnelian and Turquoise necklace



Moonstone hoop earrings, Green Onyx and Turquoise Earrings, Antlers with Apatite, Small chandelier earrings with Carnelian and Peruvian Opal (sorry these were a bit camera shy)

It's Here

I haven't written much lately...I think I've been focused on feathering my nest and making sure my cold weather gear was in order. I knew the day would come when I needed a sweater and a fur. It's here.
The weather has actually been here for a little while now. I've been going back and forth with loafers versus boots, bare legs versus tights, and whether or not mittens are appropriate accessories before November. November is upon us, beaches are closed (or open depending on your level of interest in riding horses along the tideline), and alas, we must fall back with our timepieces into increasing darkness.
Preparing for the worst and hoping for the best...
HB

Decisions made on the beach will have to wait until 2014...

Commencement

Without school to plan for the last decade plus, I've wrestled with the start of Fall. Even though we don't officially bid adieu to Summer until the equinox on the full moon this month, anything post-Labor Day takes on a more serious air. Therefore so do I.
I start announcing "it's the last..." of this and that - beach days, al fresco dining, sandals, and summer sunsets. The reality is these events go on as long as we need them to, sometimes with a few more layers of clothing. Summer will return. Sometime in late April we will get the feeling that Summer won't let us down and it comes back. Maybe this is why I find comfort in the seasons. I need the reminder that life is cyclic, consistent. I too will survive a harsh winter like a daffodil bulb or a peony bush in hibernation.
I finally release the grief about summer when cool mornings arrive on my doorstep and the sun sets noticeably earlier. Town quiets to a dull roar on weekends and I inventory my sweaters. There are renewable ideas to get excited about once more because a new season is knocking at the door. A cozier season with crunchy leaves, fires, football, and routine.
Tomorrow is the beginning of New York Fashion Week, even though it's Spring 2014 collections it ushers in the beginning of the next season. Back to work, back to school. Today is also my half birthday. Usually the birthday is the beginning of the year in the spiritual world, today being my halfway point. I'll take this harvest time to review what has been, and what needs to be. Until then, let's express ourselves creatively and with humor. Most often these are the bones of my life giving me tenacity and curiosity to explore what is next.
Until my next post...

Heidi Brueggeman Trunk Show at Rē in North Kingstown, RI TODAY!

Noon until 7 o'clock at Rē on Post Road in N Kingstown, RI.
A percentage of the sales will benefit the Rhode Island Food Bank.

Sunday Style

My friend DMK and I were reminiscing about the small silk scarf and its multiple styling uses. We agreed that our 1990s neckerchief use was a consistent style statement of ours - both above and below the Mason Dixon line. DMK and I decided we really need to dig these small scarves out and start using them regularly again in all sorts of ways. Summer being a great time to play with colorful anything, really.
Grace Kelly shown below donning her Hermes neckerchief circa 1956. Grace's clothing was always simple (and impeccably tailored please note) and her accessories were too. Well chosen lines, moments, and consistency create timeless style and confidence.

My Favorite Color

It never hesitates to make me happy...and I love it with its friends navy blue and green.

Sunday Style...

It has been a while, I know. I've been traveling. It never stops me from collecting inspiring images. The one below surely makes me want a variation on my denim jacket, a staple in my wardrobe since the 80s. I no longer have my guess? jeans acid-washed oversized version cluttered with buttons and safety pins...seems someone at NYFW was feeling the 1980s inspiration. Good on you style sister!

Sunday Style

Excellent look, for the Serengeti or Farmer's Market.

Sunday Style (on Monday)

This shirt dress is perfection! Spring is here and summer is soon to follow... Isn't this dress gorgeous and exaggerated as fashion is supposed to be?

Artisans & Antiques at Habersham...

As usual I have committed myself to another event!  Really I enjoy them, except the night before. 

Tomorrow my co-Promoter (and mother) and I are hosting Artisans & Antiques at Habersham in Beaufort, South Carolina.

Habersham is the cutest new urbanism neighborhood in the Lowcountry.  We are lucky enough to have our little pop-up shop here, The Boxwood Cottage.  Bobbi and I cannot resist the temptation of throwing together an event for all to enjoy! 

Check out the website for more information if you happen to be in the Beaufort area!  We would love for you to discover Habersham and this lovely collection of artists, craftsmen, chefs, and antique dealers we have assembled.  Until then...

Margaret Thatcher

I was lucky enough, at the insistence of my roommate, CB, to hear Margaret Thatcher speak at my alma mater, Elon College in the late 90s. Thank you to CB for pushing me to go.
For days before she arrived Elon students were fascinated by Scotland Yard lurking around our campus. They brought bloodhounds and one even played bagpipes. Americans love a foreigner, especially a Brit.
What I recall the most about PM Thatcher's speech at Elon was that she was educated as a chemist. It's as if CB had some inside information that this would be the main message I heard. I was working on my BS in chemistry at the time, and eventually graduated with the degree. I was not meant to be a chemist, doctor, or lifelong student of higher learning. Neither was Margaret. As Mrs. Thatcher had done for so many in the UK, and others around the world, she gave me hope. She gave me hope as a young woman that I didn't have to be a slave to my science education. I could pursue and do what I wanted to do, what I needed to do (none of it was going to be accomplished in a white lab coat).
Of course that chemistry background is where our similarities end, for now. Margaret Thatcher is a woman to admire and study, a woman with the utmost integrity, direction, patriotism, intelligence, and sense of humor. At the very least we can take one page from her extraordinary life and apply it to our own.

I love, I mean L.O.V.E., that Margaret Thatcher is wearing a caftan in this photo with the Queen.  Chic.

Two of my favorite historical figures of all time.

Sunday Style, part deux : for Lilly Pulitzer

Thank you to darling Lilly Pulitzer for making our lives a little more colorful in Beachfront states and landlocked cornfields. The Pucci of America, she has been an inspiration.
I have collected vintage and new Lilly for, well, decades now. Even during the quiet Lilly years of my life, I bought a few vintage pieces. How can you resist? They are like clothing candy, and I love candy.
I hope we all reach into our summer wardrobes and whip out some Lilly in her honor. A woman who pioneered the color movement in the name of hiding fruit juice staining. Practical, gorgeous, fun-loving, and eccentric...Long Live Lilly Pulitzer. xoxo